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Learning Objectives:Students will be able to...
  • practice and understand how to determine author's voice.
  • write Cornell Notes to review literary analysis terms.
‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍You Will Need:
  • Journals
  • Literature Books
  • All in One Workbooks

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Homework:

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‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Agenda:

Update planners with Agenda and HW!
1. "My English" LB p. 121 Literary Analysis "Voice"
  • Continue working on finding examples of author's voice and purpose as described below. Be ready to share with the whole class!
  • Copy the Voice Graphic Organizer, including the examples. (Teacher will display on Elmo projector)
  • With a partner, find examples from the story that show times the author had the following "voice" (attitude). You must include 1 example of a sentence and at least 3 examples of words to show each voice. Include the p. # and paragraph #for each example!
    1. playful and humorous
    2. poetic
    3. confident and at ease
    4. confused and excluded
    5. Anyone who is already finished can have the "Idioms" Handout.

2. Theme, Author's Purpose and Author's Voice Review for Test
  • Use your LB and your All-in-One Workbook to write Cornell Notes of the following:
Lit Terms
  1. Theme
  2. Implied Theme
  3. Explicit/Direct Theme
  4. Author's Voice
  5. What to look for to that shows Author's Voice
  6. Author's Purpose
  7. First-person point of view
  8. Second-person point of view
  9. Third-person omniscient point of view